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Webster 1913 Edition
Congruity
Con-gru′i-ty
(? or [GREEK])
, Noun.
pl.
. Congruities
(#)
[Cf. F.
congruit[GREEK]
.] 1.
The state or quality of being congruous; the relation or agreement between things; fitness; harmony; correspondence; consistency.
With what
congruity
doth the church of Rome deny that her enemies do at all appertain to the church of Christ? Hooker.
A whole sentence may fail of its
congruity
by wanting one particle. Sir P. Sidney.
2.
(Geom.)
Coincidence, as that of lines or figures laid over one another.
3.
(Scholastic Theol.)
That, in an imperfectly good persons, which renders it suitable for God to bestow on him gifts of grace.
Webster 1828 Edition
Congruity
CONGRUITY
,Noun.
1.
Suitableness; the relation of agreement between things.There is no congruity between a mean subject and a lofty style; but an obvious congruity between an elevated station and dignified deportment.
2.
Fitness, pertinence.A whole sentence may fail of its congruity by wanting a particle.
3.
Reason; consistency; propriety.4.
In school divinity, the good actions which are supposed to render it meet and equitable that God should confer grace on those who perform them. The merit of congruity is a sort of imperfect qualification for the gift and reception of Gods grace.5.
In geometry, figures or lines, which when laid over one another, exactly correspond, are in congruity.Definition 2024
congruity
congruity
English
Noun
congruity (plural congruities)
- The quality of agreeing; the quality of being suitable and appropriate.
- An instance or point of agreement or correspondence; a resemblance.
References
- J[ohn] A. Simpson and E[dward] S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.